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Mekong

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  1. Quote from the guys Father “Who would have ever expected this? Just a couple of kids on a tourist trip.” Kids? They are 36 and 34, maybe you as their father treating them as kids cause them to act like kids.
  2. HHGTTG As good as it was ‘Nobody makes jokes in base 13 anymore “was an even better quote IMHO
  3. Putin invades Ukraine, Ukrainians kill Russians, Ukraine Good Russia Bad Italians Invade Bear Territory, Bears kill Italians, Bears Bad Italians Good And the difference is, Humans are supposed to be the most intelligent members of the animal kingdom
  4. My comments weren’t aime d at this story specifically, just my own thoughts on so called co existence on human terms So man’s idea of coexistence is to take over land on which the Elephants used to roam for farming and ban the Elephants to ,reserves designated by man. Man deciding where animals which were here millions of years before man existed where they can and cannot live is arrogance in my book. Didn’t Australians used to do the same with Aborigines in he past with reserves and stations?
  5. The arrogance of man, Elephants evolved well before apes did, we are on their territory not the other way around
  6. It must be over 10 years since I have socialised around Farang tourist or KSR types, so I can’t comment on the current generation but it sounds like I have dodged the bullet on this one. The internet is supposed to make people more intelligent,,where as in fact in it has made people stupider. An idiot post an opinion online, someone buys it hook line and sinker and posts something even stupider and the downward spiral continues. And I can bet you a pound to a pinch of shit that they are not getting their info from travel websites and other knowledgeable places, oh no they go to the font of all knowledge Facebook, Instagram and Twitter claiming “it is true, I read it on the interweb thingy”
  7. Partly, I think deeps down inside one realise that you used to be a know it all twat as well in ‘The Early Day” or think to oneself was I this stupid. / annoying Even though I find these types entertaining in small doses, I absolutely refrain from being engaged in conversation with them, after all you do not try and have meaningful conversations with the exhibits when you visit the zoo
  8. Rico posted that on here, but didn’t post very much on this one. He and I plus about another 10 guys used to have a place on the original MSN Forums around the turn of the millennium , a couple of us Bangkok and the others in UK or USA, used to meet up when members were in town and for Football WC 2002, which was in Japan and Korea, all of us were in Pattaya for a month. Oh happy days !
  9. Found it An observant post from over 20 years ago by a guy I used to know from another board KSR Backpacker World Records Funny read and describes what you complain about
  10. Lies, Lies and more Lies, MFP did not promise to amend the majeste law, they stated that they would discuss it. Any decent opposition party has a manifesto . MFP didn’t have the power to unilaterally amend the lese majeste law. I can’t say that I am surprised in the slightest, I predicted as much this would happen over 6 moths ago
  11. No time is enough time, many years ago in the late 90’s I used to frequent Hogs Breath in Nana Plaza of a late afternoon / early evening, even though it was a Gogo by night, daytime it served as the unofficial Bangkok social headquarters of Bechtel Engineering and employees from all over the world on R’n’R in Thailand would pop in for a beer and a chat, Bob (rest his soul) the owner was ex-Bechtel. It must have been 20 years later when the daytime mamasan of Hogs Breath saw me somewhere far away from the bar areas and started calling my name, lucky for me I was solo at that moment and in typical British fashion lowered my eyes and scuttled off in the opposite direction. It can happen anytime or anywhere. KSR is OK for a once off visit now and again, great place for “People Watching” but I prefer Thanon Rambutri which runs parallel with KSR , there was a place there did Kung Yang to die for. Ramnutri also extends the other side of Chakrabongse Road (KSR Police Station End) and some very relaxing chilled out places on that side.
  12. Playing the devils advocate here, but what about decorum on your behalf? Is it deemed polite and acceptable behavior to take your wife to areas in Bangkok which are known for women of lower morals than your average Thai female, an area where you in the past may have frequented and associated with such women. Even though I have been out of “The scene” for many a year now, I wouldn’t consider taking my wife to “Ground Zero” on the off chance that someone may recognise me and similar situation transpiring. After all Bangkok is quire a large metropolis with literally 1000’s of other places to go to, why would one chose to take your wife to that area. I am not being judgmental, of course you are free to take your wife wherever you wish too, but I am questioning your rationale of exposing yourself and your wife to the chance of this happening and then blaming the third party. Maybe you are just getting used to this married life lark😂
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    Obsolescence

    As I said my old 4th Generation 2013 iPad only stopped updating once iOS hit version 17, you have another 5 years life in yours yet. I am not even sure if it slowed down that much despite its age, yes the 10th Generation is faster as it should be with A16 chip compared to the A6X but I don’t use an iPad for processor intensive activities so can’t say I notice much except a couple of games open slightly quicker. We seem to have the same opinion of the iPad V iPad Pro, as I stated in OP I couldn’t see the point in spending 40% more just for OLED display, and M2 processor, plus the Pro weights 480g compared to 280g. At nearly half a kilo a tablet stops being a tablet IMHO I must admit I was impressed with the Apple Auto set up, seamless transfer of all data no problem at all, I was surprise my old iPad supported such but any device with iOS 12.4 or above is supported. Fucking EU forcing Apple to use USB C port, My iPhone 13, AirPods , old iPad, the wife’s iPhone and iPad all use Lightning connector and I have USB A to lightning leads so now I have to buy another fucking lead USB A to USB C or an adapter, I prefer leads. iTunes can connect to a device via WiFi as long has the device has already been connected to the host computer so I need a lead to use it without a lead, which genius came up with that idea. I should send the EU an invoice
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    Obsolescence

    Mental arithmetic error I meant 43,800 hours, somehow moved the decimal point two places to the right in my head , I am not THAT old just yet.
  15. But his name is Old Hippie and your passport states BuBi
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    Obsolescence

    There I was just the other day and I received the software update alert on my iPad. I tried to run the update and was told my device was too old to update. Imagine my surprise when I checked my model number and realised I purchased that iPad over ten years ago. It’s something I never thought of, give it heavy use for Internet Browsing, emails, YouTube viewing, Netflix on the go (or when Mr’s watching Thai TV) Mobile gaming and so on. When at work I also use it as remote document viewer for Docs I have on the Cloud (Dropbox for me). Whilst I have basically been bed bound for the past 4 years or so I have basically been using it every waking hour, a conservative estimate would be around 4.5 Million hours of usage over its lifetime, probably more so and it never once let me down. OK recently I have had to give it a Restart every 3-4 days but apart from that it has been fine. So an update was required, no way I was going to get the latest “Bells and Whistles” version sod that, if the old one was good for 10 years then an model released 18 months ago will do the job for half the price. So a 256 GB iPad 10 was selected 25,000 THB not bad I thought. When I went to pay for it more of a surprise, hen I was working in Viet. Nam I paid the hotel bill on my credit card and claimed the money back on expenses, well over the years that adds up to CC use and SCB have a rewards scheme which offers discounts based on card usage, don’t ask me the ins and outs, it’s Thai thing the Mr’s deals with all that, the bottom line was I got 13,000 THB cash back so the replacement iPad only cost me 12,000 THB so happy days First time I have ever had. a device reach obsolete whilst I have owned it, usually use or break then before they reach that stage.
  17. OH, I don’t understand how you had “similar issues” you are married, just take Kor Ror 2 (Marriage Registration) and Kor Ror 3 (Marriage Certificate) to the bank with you and that’s it.
  18. I said stupider not moronic senseless imbeciles Always reminded of the late great George Carlin when discussing stupidity Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
  19. Your average Brit is stupider than you first thought
  20. Australian culture Acca Dacca, Neighbours and Mark “Chopper” Reid. (Not Vegemite, cheap copy of Marmite) You say “Woke” I say “anti-woke” if minorities can claim sexism and racism so can majorities, play the Paki Bitch at her own game.
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